Pallbearers carry the casket of Joshua Adickes from the Highlands Presbyterian Church after his funeral service.

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Michael Izzo
The (Morristown, N.J.) Daily Record

Hundreds gathered July 9 to pay their respects to Joshua Adickes, an Ocean City police officer and Long Valley, N.J., native who died in an off-duty plane crash June 30.

"He was a great kid. He had a real love for life, lived every day to the fullest. Never a dull moment around Josh," said Anthony Richardson, who was Adickes' roomate at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania.

When he heard of Adickes' death, he left his home in Lancaster, Pa., and spent the holiday weekend with their group of college friends, telling stories of their time together. He relayed one in which he and Adickes went skiing ...